Saturday, March 22, 2008

New Job - Rude!!

To define the past few days at my new job, I need to tell 2 stories:

1. Today, Mr. Charming was in the office with his Hag, and they were happily chattering away. Although my little space is only a few feet away from his office, I tend to ignore their conversations. After a bit, I heard some noise, and then, Mr. Charming saying, "Christina?" I answered, "Only if you get my name right." It then occured to him that he called me by the wrong name. (That's me giving Sir Charms-a-Lot more credit than he deserves. On Tuesday he tried to pretend that he couldn't remember it.) He apologized and asked me to do the task he requested. I did, because that's my job. Hag then said, "Oh, don't get upset. We don't remember the names of temps here." Damn my 2-minute reply mechanism. I didn't say a word at the time. 2 minutes later, I realized that I should have pointed out that learning a name is not about someone's position, but about respect. Hell, Hag probably wouldn't even have gotten it. Maybe to make it clearer I should recommend that super-popular acne system. (Is it pro-active?)

2. Later, Hag and Charming were clearly speaking about me. Seriously, can't you take your whispered conversation outside? I mean, either be strong enough to say what you think, or take the whole chat outside. By the end of them leaving early, they weren't speaking to me, and I was nothing more than giddy about it.

Still, so rude. I'm trying to be the better person when I interact with them. I know it comes from insecurity. (Seriously, what man over 30 says, "I'm going to the ladies!") But it's ridiculous and rude and I'd really like to confront them both over this. I just don't know the whole dynamic of the office yet and I need the money.

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